Wire-conductor



J. F. MARTIN. Wire-Conductor.

Patented Mar. 23,1880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. MARTIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-CONDUCTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,845, dated March23, 1880.

Application filed January 23, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. MARTIN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook,and in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Wire-Conductors; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to the construction of moldings or strips forconducting bell and other wires through buildings; and it consists inthe combination of hollow molding-sections and hollow L-shaped cornersections arranged with beveled ends to overlap each other, all ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of myimproved moldings. Figs. 3 and 4 are plan views of the same.

A A represent sections of moldings of any desired shape and pattern.These moldings are made hollow, or with a longitudinal recess, a, madein the back to receive bell and other wires, and fastened to a backing,B, as shown.

In another application for patent made by me I showed the moldingsprovided on the back with a series of longitudinal grooves, each grooveintended to contain one wire. In

my present case one longitudinal recess only is made, and all the wiresare to pass through such recess.

If necessary, the wires may be separated at intervals by any suitablemeans, and in case of electric wires they should be insulated from eachother.

The corner-pieces G G of the moldings are made in L shape, and havetheir ends beveled, as seen at d d, and the ends of the adjacentsections A are correspondingly beveled. These bevels may be made, asshown in Fig. 4, so that ends of the corner section will hold the endsof the adjacent sections, or just the reverse, as shown in Fig. 3. Ineither case the corner section can easily be 1'91110"6d when requiredand replaced again.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the hollow molding-sections A and the hollow l-shaped corner sections 0, arranged with beveled ends to overlap eachother, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the i'bregoing I have hereunto set my handthis 6th day of January, 1880.

JOHN F. MARTIN. Witnesses:

J. J. MCCARTHY, H. A. ToULMIN.

